The First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE’08), has been held in Villa Monastero, Varenna, Lake Como, Italy, 10-14 June, 2008.

http://www.ialcce08.org

IALCCE'08 has been organized on behalf of IALCCE under the auspices of Politecnico di Milano. The interest of the international civil engineering community in the activities covered by IALCCE has been confirmed by the significant response to the IALCCE’08 call for papers. In fact, more than 200 abstracts were received by the Symposium Secretariat, and about 70% of them were selected for final publication as full papers and presentation at the Symposium.

The proceedings of the Symposium has been published by Taylor & Francis as a set comprising an hardbound book and a CD-ROM containing 150 papers, including eight keynote papers and 142 technical contributions from 28 countries. These papers deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to all major aspects of life-cycle civil engineering and related topics.

http://www.ialcce08.org/Proceedings.html

Extended versions of selected papers included in the proceedings are now undergoing a peer-review process for possible publication in a special issue dedicated at IALCCE'08 of the international peer-reviewed journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.

http://www.ialcce08.org/SIE-Journal.html

The Proceedings of IALCCE'08 will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with life-cycle performance of civil engineering systems, including students, researchers, and engineers from all sections of civil engineering.